The ‘Revive’ project - launched in a joint initiative by the Ministries of Economy, Culture and Finance - aims to open up properties to private investment to develop them as tourist attractions through public tendering.

The purpose of the initiative is to promote and facilitate profitability and preserve vacant public property, making it suitable for tourism-oriented economic activity, togenerate wealth and jobs, enhance the attractiveness of regional destinations, devolve demand and develop various regions of the country.

The Portuguese Embassy in Rome, in collaboration with the Instituto Cervantes and the Embassies of Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru and Uruguay, and with the support of the Instituto Camões, promotes "Scoprir", the Ibero-American Film Festival in Rome. This seventh edition will take place from 12 to 14 October at the Casa del Cinema and will show ten films for the first time in Italy.

The Portuguese film A Mãe é que Sabe (Mum knows best), directed by Nuno Rocha (winner of 57 international awards) and produced by Ukbar Filmes, will be shown on October 12 at 8 p.m., and stars several well-known Portuguese TV actors, such as Maria João Abreu, Joana Pais de Brito, Filipe Vargas, Dalila Carmo, Manuel Cavaco, Noémia Costa and Margarida Carpinteiro.

Plot:A typical lunch goes wrong when Ana Luísa begins to remember peculiar episodes that occurred during her childhood and adolescence. Between carrot soups, walks by the sea, mother's advice, engagements and weddings, Ana Luísa thinks of everything that could have changed about her past. However, these memories will have unpredictable side effects. A family comedy that portrays Portugal from the 70s to the present day. And thinking about it, there are things that don't really have to change, because in the end we all know that... Mum knows best!

"Luso! Mostra itinerante del nuovo cinema portoghese" is a travelling exhibition organized by Il Sorpasso Association e Arch Film in collaboration with Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Portuguese Embassy in Italy, Instituto Camões, ICA, TAP and Turismo de Portugal, which will show throughout Italy five films and four short films by the biggest authors of contemporary Portuguese cinema.

The event will begin on the 29th and 30th September at the Casa del Cinema in Rome, and will continue then in over thirty cities throughout the country. Many of the directors and authors of the films will be present and there will be meetings, cocktails and other parallel events.

The Office for Diaspora Investors Support ("Gabinete de Apoio ao Investidor da Diáspora", GAID) aims to identify, support and simplify micro and small investments within the Portuguese and Portuguese-based communities headed for Portugal, to follow projects underway or in the planning phase and to stimulate and guide internationalisation initiatives of regional companies of this size.

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